1. Introduction to the Development Environment for Enterprise Server Add-On Components
3. Extending the Administration Console
About the Administrative Command Infrastructure of Enterprise Server
Representing an asadmin Command as a Java Class
Specifying the Name of an asadmin Command
Ensuring That an AdminCommand Implementation Is Stateless
Example of Adding an asadmin Command
Adding Parameters to an asadmin Command
Representing a Parameter of an asadmin Command
Identifying a Parameter of an asadmin Command
Specifying Whether a Parameter Is an Option or an Operand
Specifying the Name of an Option
Specifying the Long Form of an Option Name
Specifying the Short Form of an Option Name
Specifying the Acceptable Values of a Parameter
Specifying the Default Value of a Parameter
Specifying Whether a Parameter Is Required or Optional
Example of Adding Parameters to an asadmin Command
Adding Message Text Strings to an asadmin Command
Enabling an asadmin Command to Run
Setting the Context of an asadmin Command
Changing the Brand in the Enterprise Server CLI
Examples of Extending the asadmin Utility
5. Adding Container Capabilities
6. Packaging, Integrating, and Delivering an Add-On Component
The asadmin utility is a command-line tool for configuring and administering Enterprise Server.
Extending the asadmin utility enables you to provide administrative interfaces for an add-on
component that are consistent with the interfaces of other Enterprise Server components.
A user can run asadmin commands either from a command prompt or from
a script. For more information about the asadmin utility, see the asadmin(1M) man page.
The following topics are addressed here: